Shot: This is the product of listening to Max Casella sing "Hakuna Matata" and the beginning of "Can You Feel the Love Tonight". Notice how Blink, Mush and Racetrack are always put together as the three best of friends. Well, here's a story from my insane mind.

Disclaimer: The song and Newsies belong to Disney. I only own the soundtrack and numerous DVD's and VHS' put out by them.

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Blink shut the door to the LH behind him. He ran to the corner and met a short girl with reddish black hair. He kissed her cheek gently, "Heya Ruby."

Ruby smiled, "Hi Blink."

The two started walking into Central Park unaware of the two extra shadows they had. Racetrack Higgins and Mush Meyers crept along the alleyways, staying out of sight of their best friend.  Racetrack whispered to Mush in one alley, "If he says anything about his eye to her then it true love.  He always said that his true love would not cringe away from him about his eye."

 Once in Central Park, Blink and Ruby sat down on a bench. A little bit away, Race and Mush hid behind a rock. Race shook his head, "I can see what's happening."

Mush looked at him, "What?"

Race sighed, "And they don't have a clue."
Mush's face contorted in confusion, "Who, Race?"

Race pushed him, "They'll fall in love and here's the bottom line," he scoffed, "Our trio is down to two."

Mush's face fell, "Oh."

Race's Italian accent slipped through here, "The sweet caress of twilight, there's magic everywhere," here his New York accent came back hard, "And with all this romantic atmosphere, disaster's in the air."

Blink and Ruby were each thinking to themselves during Race's interlude.

Blink's thoughts

"I can't tell her the truth about my eye. Can I? No she'll turn away from me. If I do and she doesn't then this is true love."

Ruby's thought

"He's holding something back from me, he's hiding. But what? I don't know. Why won't he be the guy I know he is, today? The guy I see inside."

Blink spoke out loud, softly at first but gained voice as he spoke, "When I was seven years old, my mother died of influenza. My father was so devastated that he went out drinking and gambling every night. One night he came home, falling down drunk. He had grabbed a knife to cut himself some bread and he slipped. He accidentally cut my left eye and left me blind in that eye.  Two years later he died as well, and I became a newsie. I've never told anyone the truth about my eye before. I always swore I would only tell the one I truly love.  The one I would marry."

Ruby gasped during the story, she spoke quietly, "Oh Blink, I love you too."

Blink pulled a small scratched gold ring out of his pocket, "Marry me Ruby. The ring was my mother's."

Ruby nodded vigorously, "Yes Blink, of course."

The two hugged and ran off to tell the rest of the LH. Race stood from his crouched position, "He fell in love and it can be assumed. His carefree days with us are history. In short, our pall is doomed."

Mush just nodded along. The two got up and left to go back to the LH to hear the news.

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Shot: Yeah so it's not really a songfic or anything. But it's kinda good. I guess. Tell me what you think. Remember this was the product of a late night after a bad day at work and me listening to Max sing Lion King songs.

*Hugs Race*

Shot: Max and Race and make anything better.